Students returning to Southwest next fall will confront gridlock.  In an admitted attempt to prop up property values on Lincoln and Sunset Avenues, the Town of Amherst will block off two of the six roads that provide access to campus.  Lincoln Avenue, which once ran pass the Student Union and connected with North Pleasant Street in the vicinity of the Grad Tower, was once the primary road to campus.  It remains the only realistic way to reach the 1013 parking spaces in the five lots it empties into.

PITTSFIELD-- Jennifer Lighten, 33, found herself in a sticky situation on Mar. 10, when her wife Stephanie Lighten, 26 allegedly assaulted and attempted to forcibly inseminate her with her brother’s sperm.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts has recently passed a $1,500 fee increase for students. In response, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has unveiled his own initiative to transfer some of the federal stimulus money to scale back or rebate part of the fee increase.

Hello,

First let me say that I came across the video protests of Don Feder, and was well, not impressed with the conduct of those protesting him, nor Feder himself.  I understand the frustrations that he was experiencing, but he failed to keep his cool, only causing the fire to ignite further.  Just the same, it does not excuse those protesting, as it is pretty clear that this was their intent from the very beginning.